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Apologetics:Genesis

2005-12-16T19:50:42Z

Anjrew: added more subjects

[[Apologetics: Genesis 1-2 | Genesis 1-2]] - Two different Creation accounts

[[Apologetics: Genesis 1-2 (chronology) | Genesis 1-2]] - Two different Creation chronologies

[[Apologetics: Genesis 1-2.4 | Genesis 1-2:4]] - The Creation account and the Babylonian Creation myth

[[Apologetics: Genesis 1.14 | Genesis 1:14]] - Light is created before the sun

[[Apologetics: Genesis 1.26 | Genesis 1:26]] - God talks to another god

[[Apologetics: Genesis 1.27 | Genesis 1:27]] - Were Adam and Eve real people?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 2.17 | Genesis 2:17]] - God says they will die from the fruit, but they don't

Genesis 3:3 - God says they will die from the fruit, but they don't. See [[Apologetics: Genesis 2.17 | Genesis 2:17]]

[[Apologetics: Genesis 3.9 | Genesis 3:9]] - God didn't know where Adam was

Genesis 3:22 - God talks to another god See [[Apologetics: Genesis 1.26 | Genesis 1:26]]

[[Apologetics: Genesis 3.14 | Genesis 3:14]] - Says snakes eat dirt, but they don't

[[Apologetics: Genesis 3.16 | Genesis 3:16]] - God multiplies womens' pain

Genesis 3:22 - God talks to another god. See [[Apologetics: Genesis 1.26 | Genesis 1:26]].

[[Apologetics: Genesis 4.12 | Genesis 4:12]] - Cain is not given capital punishment as Torah prescribes

[[Apologetics: Genesis 4.17 | Genesis 4:17]] - Who is Cain's wife?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 5.1-31 | Genesis 5:1-31]] - People living 900 years

[[Apologetics: Genesis 5.1-31 (timeline) | Genesis 5:1-31]] - This timeline is younger than archeological timelines

[[Apologetics: Genesis 5.24 | Genesis 5:24]] - Contradiction on whether Jesus or Enoch ascended first

[[Apologetics: Genesis 6.2,4 | Genesis 6:2, 4]] - Contradiction on Jesus being God's only son

[[Apologetics: Genesis 6.3 | Genesis 6:3]] -

[[Apologetics: Genesis 6.6-7 | Genesis 6:6-7]] - How could God regret something

[[Apologetics: Genesis 6.8,12 | Genesis 6:8, 12]] - How could Noah being the only righteous man in the world?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 7.1 | Genesis 7:1]] - Was Noah sinless?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 7.2,8-9 | Genesis 7:2, 8-9]] - How many of each animal were on the ark?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 9.4 | Genesis 9:4]] - Is blood transfusion wrong?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 11.4 | Genesis 11:4]] - Scientific error on Babel reaching the sky

[[Apologetics: Genesis 11.5 | Genesis 11:5]] - God "comes down" though He is omnipresent

[[Apologetics: Genesis 11.8-9 | Genesis 11:8-9]] - Contradiction of Babel with "God is not the author of confusion"

[[Apologetics: Genesis 14.14 | Genesis 14:14]] - Ananchronism concerning Dan

Genesis 17:1 - Is God invisible or not? See [[Is God Invisible?]]

Genesis 18:24 - God "comes down" though He is omnipresent; see [[Apologetics: Genesis 11.5 | Genesis 11:5]].

[[Apologetics: Genesis 18.23-33 | Genesis 18:23-33]] - God changes His mind

[[Apologetics: Genesis 20.11-12 | Genesis 20:11-12]] - Abraham marries his sister

[[Apologetics: Genesis 21.32,34 | Genesis 21:32,34]] - Ananchronism concerning the Philistines

[[Apologetics: Genesis 22.1 | Genesis 22:1]] - God tests Abraham

[[Apologetics: Genesis 22.2 | Genesis 22:2]] - Did Abraham have one son or two

[[Apologetics: Genesis 22.2 (2) | Genesis 22:2]] - God commands human sacrifice

[[Apologetics: Genesis 22.12 | Genesis 22:12]] - Why test Abraham if God foreknew the outcome?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 24.10 | Genesis 24:10]] - Anachronistic reference to camels

[[Apologetics: Genesis 25.20 | Genesis 25:20]] - Anachronistic reference to the Arameans

[[Apologetics: Genesis 25.23 | Genesis 25:23]] - God determines Jacob's sin

[[Apologetics: Genesis 26.1,8,14-5,18 | Genesis 26:1, 8, 14-5, 18]] - Anachronistic reference to the Philistines

Genesis 26:2 - Is God invisible or not? See [[Is God Invisible?]]

[[Apologetics: Genesis 30.39 | Genesis 30:39]] - Scientific error of Laban's goats

Genesis 32:39 - Is God invisible or not? See [[Is God Invisible?]]

Genesis 35:9 - Is God invisible or not? See [[Is God Invisible?]]

[[Apologetics: Genesis 36.31 | Genesis 36:31]] - Anachronistic reference to Edom

[[Apologetics: Genesis 37.25,28,36 | Genesis 37:25, 28, 36]] - Did the Ishmaelites or Midianites sell Joseph?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 37.25 | Genesis 37:25]] - Anachronisms on a caravan

Genesis 39:1 - Did the Ishmaelites or Midianites sell Joseph? See [[Apologetics: Genesis 37.25,28,36 | Genesis 37:25, 28, 36]]

[[Apologetics: Genesis 42.26-27 | Genesis 42:26-7]] - How many went to Egypt with Jacob?

[[Apologetics: Genesis 47.31 | Genesis 47:31]] - Was Joseph at the head of the bed or leaning on a staff?

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Muslim Women in Heaven (JBJ)

2005-12-16T18:20:08Z

Anjrew:

It is clear that Muhammad taught most of [[More Women in Hell than Men | hell was women]], but there is little information on women in heaven. Muhammad certainly says that some women will enter heaven but does not spend nearly as much attention on women as men. This unfairness to women shows the Qur'an does not speak to equally to females and males of all cultures as Muslims claim.

==History of the Qur'an on Women==
There is a clear progression of Muhammad's inclusion of women. The respected historian Ibn Kathir writes,

"Imam Ahmad recorded that Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, the wife of the Prophet said, "I said to the Prophet, ‘Why is it that we are not mentioned in the Qur'an as men are.’ Then one day without my realizing it, he was calling from the Minbar and I was combing my hair, so I tied my hair back then I went out to my chamber in my house, and I started listening out, and he was saying from the Minbar: ...

"'<O people! Verily Allah says: (Verily, the Muslims: men and women, the believers: men and women...)> to the end of the Ayah.'

"This was also recorded by An-Nasa'i and Ibn Jarir."

After this point Muhammad more commonly includes women in the Qur'an. The fact that Allah's revelation changed based on a human's critique contradicts the immutable character that Muslims believe.

==Verses Ignoring Women==

===Heavenly Virgins===
Men in heaven are rewared with beautiful virgin women. This cannot speak to women. Verses include 44:52-57, 52.20, 55:46-78, and 78:31-36.

===52.21===
"And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned." 52.21 Pickthall translation

Note that Yusuf Ali mistranslate this verse to include women. Details are explained on [http://answeringislam.org/Quran/Versions/052.021.html AnsweringIslam.org].

This verse is dated before the event of Umm Salamah.

===43.70===
"Enter Paradise, you and your wives, walking with joy!" 43:70

Although Allah speaks ''about'' women, note that Allah is not speaking ''to'' women but only to men. If he spoke only women, he would say, "you and your husbands." If he spoke to both, there would be no need to mention "wives." Also note by specifying wives, it excludes young girls, celbiate women, and widows.

This verse is dated after the event of Umm Salamah.

Apologetics: Women in Islam (JBJ)

2005-12-16T16:24:25Z

Anjrew: /* Evidence of Sexism */ changing link name

The topic of ''Women in Islam'' has been of special concern to the West. Opinions vary greatly with many Muslims claiming complete equality and many claiming large chauvinism; likewise many non-Muslim scholars disagree.

==Muslim Opinion==
Western or modernly educated Muslims will (almost) never identify Islam as sexist. This is a curious opinion because Muslims not Western (eg, Middle Eastern Muslims) and Muslims not modernly educated (including the whole history of Islam) identify women as clearly lesser than men. Modernly educated or Western Muslims are largely ignorant of this observation. Those that do recognize it respond that the other Muslims have been are simply wrong, but it is dangerous to discount a thousand years of tradition and the current majority of Muslims practicing now.

However, we can understand the evolution of these two opinions. Historically, sexism has been accepted at large until relatively recently. This is true even in Muslim nations; regardless of what Muhammad and the Qur'an actually teach, history clearly states that Muslims were always sexist. In the recent two centuries sexism began to be questioned on secular and Christian levels and now is unquestionably immoral in the West. Westerners at large cannot accept a sexist religion. Muslims propogating Islam in the West and adopting Western ideas such as gender equality faced the decision of either denying their faith, denying gender equality, or integrating them and most chose to integrate because this was easiest. Thus Muslims believe Islam is not sexist not from objective exegesis of the Qur'an and tradition but because they want to hold their faith and make it appealing to non-Muslims.

However, Christians must be careful with this argument because the same could be applied to Christian history. There are two major differences. First, strong women teachers (e.g., [[Priscilla]], [[Lydia]], and [[Junia]]) existed in the first century of Christian history (and disappeared soon afterwards) eliminating the possibility that early Christian doctrine taught oppression of women. Islamic history shows no such progression from equality to sexism and back to equality. Second, Protestants as well as non-Christians helped move women forward.

The ultimate question is whether Islam is divine or human; if divine (and from a benevolent god), it is not sexist; if human it must be sexist because the people of the time were sexist. The contrapositive is also true; if Muhammad and the Qur'an are not sexist at all, there are divinely led; if they are sexist they are not divinely led.

Several unanimous opinions among everyone are:

* Males and females have different roles (complimentarian)
* Practice in many Muslim nations is chauvinistic
* Muhammad's view of women was higher than pagans of his time

==Sexism in the Qur'an and Hadith==
There is of course mixed evidence for Islamic chauvinism.

===Evidence of Sexism===

* [[More Women in Hell than Men]] Muhammad has a vision of hell with twice as many women as men.
* [[Inheritance Laws in the Qur'an]] Males are given larger inheritance than females.
* [[No Muslim Women in Leadership]]
* [[Muslim Women in Heaven]]

====Sex====
* [[Surah 2.223 Men in Control of Sex]] The Qur'an compares a women to a field to be tilled however the husband wants.
* [[Temporary Marriages in Islam]] Muhammad permitted sex for his army without permanency.
* [[Sex with Female Prisoners in Islam]]

====Marriage====
* [[Islamic Polygamy]]
* [[Wife Beating in the Qur'an]]
* [[Husbands a Degree Above Wives]]
* [[Women Testimony in the Qur'an]] Males testimony are worth twice a woman's testimony.
* [[Marriage with Prepubescent Girls]]

===Evidence of Equality===

* [[Aisha's Great Involvement]]

==Sexism in Muslim Culture==

* [[Sexism of the Veil]]

==External Links==

* [http://answeringislam.org/Women/index.html Women Issues] on Answering Islam

Apologetics: Women in Islam (JBJ)

2005-12-16T16:18:09Z

Anjrew: /* Evidence of Sexism */

The topic of ''Women in Islam'' has been of special concern to the West. Opinions vary greatly with many Muslims claiming complete equality and many claiming large chauvinism; likewise many non-Muslim scholars disagree.

==Muslim Opinion==
Western or modernly educated Muslims will (almost) never identify Islam as sexist. This is a curious opinion because Muslims not Western (eg, Middle Eastern Muslims) and Muslims not modernly educated (including the whole history of Islam) identify women as clearly lesser than men. Modernly educated or Western Muslims are largely ignorant of this observation. Those that do recognize it respond that the other Muslims have been are simply wrong, but it is dangerous to discount a thousand years of tradition and the current majority of Muslims practicing now.

However, we can understand the evolution of these two opinions. Historically, sexism has been accepted at large until relatively recently. This is true even in Muslim nations; regardless of what Muhammad and the Qur'an actually teach, history clearly states that Muslims were always sexist. In the recent two centuries sexism began to be questioned on secular and Christian levels and now is unquestionably immoral in the West. Westerners at large cannot accept a sexist religion. Muslims propogating Islam in the West and adopting Western ideas such as gender equality faced the decision of either denying their faith, denying gender equality, or integrating them and most chose to integrate because this was easiest. Thus Muslims believe Islam is not sexist not from objective exegesis of the Qur'an and tradition but because they want to hold their faith and make it appealing to non-Muslims.

However, Christians must be careful with this argument because the same could be applied to Christian history. There are two major differences. First, strong women teachers (e.g., [[Priscilla]], [[Lydia]], and [[Junia]]) existed in the first century of Christian history (and disappeared soon afterwards) eliminating the possibility that early Christian doctrine taught oppression of women. Islamic history shows no such progression from equality to sexism and back to equality. Second, Protestants as well as non-Christians helped move women forward.

The ultimate question is whether Islam is divine or human; if divine (and from a benevolent god), it is not sexist; if human it must be sexist because the people of the time were sexist. The contrapositive is also true; if Muhammad and the Qur'an are not sexist at all, there are divinely led; if they are sexist they are not divinely led.

Several unanimous opinions among everyone are:

* Males and females have different roles (complimentarian)
* Practice in many Muslim nations is chauvinistic
* Muhammad's view of women was higher than pagans of his time

==Sexism in the Qur'an and Hadith==
There is of course mixed evidence for Islamic chauvinism.

===Evidence of Sexism===

* [[More Women in Hell than Men]] Muhammad has a vision of hell with twice as many women as men.
* [[Inheritance Laws in the Qur'an]] Males are given larger inheritance than females.
* [[No Muslim Women in Leadership]]
* [[No Muslim Women in Heaven]]

====Sex====
* [[Surah 2.223 Men in Control of Sex]] The Qur'an compares a women to a field to be tilled however the husband wants.
* [[Temporary Marriages in Islam]] Muhammad permitted sex for his army without permanency.
* [[Sex with Female Prisoners in Islam]]

====Marriage====
* [[Islamic Polygamy]]
* [[Wife Beating in the Qur'an]]
* [[Husbands a Degree Above Wives]]
* [[Women Testimony in the Qur'an]] Males testimony are worth twice a woman's testimony.
* [[Marriage with Prepubescent Girls]]

===Evidence of Equality===

* [[Aisha's Great Involvement]]

==Sexism in Muslim Culture==

* [[Sexism of the Veil]]

==External Links==

* [http://answeringislam.org/Women/index.html Women Issues] on Answering Islam

Apologetics: Women in Islam (JBJ)

2005-12-16T16:13:43Z

Anjrew: /* Evidence of Sexism */

The topic of ''Women in Islam'' has been of special concern to the West. Opinions vary greatly with many Muslims claiming complete equality and many claiming large chauvinism; likewise many non-Muslim scholars disagree.

==Muslim Opinion==
Western or modernly educated Muslims will (almost) never identify Islam as sexist. This is a curious opinion because Muslims not Western (eg, Middle Eastern Muslims) and Muslims not modernly educated (including the whole history of Islam) identify women as clearly lesser than men. Modernly educated or Western Muslims are largely ignorant of this observation. Those that do recognize it respond that the other Muslims have been are simply wrong, but it is dangerous to discount a thousand years of tradition and the current majority of Muslims practicing now.

However, we can understand the evolution of these two opinions. Historically, sexism has been accepted at large until relatively recently. This is true even in Muslim nations; regardless of what Muhammad and the Qur'an actually teach, history clearly states that Muslims were always sexist. In the recent two centuries sexism began to be questioned on secular and Christian levels and now is unquestionably immoral in the West. Westerners at large cannot accept a sexist religion. Muslims propogating Islam in the West and adopting Western ideas such as gender equality faced the decision of either denying their faith, denying gender equality, or integrating them and most chose to integrate because this was easiest. Thus Muslims believe Islam is not sexist not from objective exegesis of the Qur'an and tradition but because they want to hold their faith and make it appealing to non-Muslims.

However, Christians must be careful with this argument because the same could be applied to Christian history. There are two major differences. First, strong women teachers (e.g., [[Priscilla]], [[Lydia]], and [[Junia]]) existed in the first century of Christian history (and disappeared soon afterwards) eliminating the possibility that early Christian doctrine taught oppression of women. Islamic history shows no such progression from equality to sexism and back to equality. Second, Protestants as well as non-Christians helped move women forward.

The ultimate question is whether Islam is divine or human; if divine (and from a benevolent god), it is not sexist; if human it must be sexist because the people of the time were sexist. The contrapositive is also true; if Muhammad and the Qur'an are not sexist at all, there are divinely led; if they are sexist they are not divinely led.

Several unanimous opinions among everyone are:

* Males and females have different roles (complimentarian)
* Practice in many Muslim nations is chauvinistic
* Muhammad's view of women was higher than pagans of his time

==Sexism in the Qur'an and Hadith==
There is of course mixed evidence for Islamic chauvinism.

===Evidence of Sexism===

* [[More Women in Hell than Men]] Muhammad has a vision of hell with twice as many women as men.
* [[Inheritance Laws in the Qur'an]] Males are given larger inheritance than females.
* [[No Women in Leadership]]
* [[No Women in Heaven]]

====Sex====
* [[Surah 2.223 Men in Control of Sex]] The Qur'an compares a women to a field to be tilled however the husband wants.
* [[Temporary Marriages in Islam]] Muhammad permitted sex for his army without permanency.
* [[Sex with Female Prisoners in Islam]]

====Marriage====
* [[Islamic Polygamy]]
* [[Wife Beating in the Qur'an]]
* [[Husbands a Degree Above Wives]]
* [[Women Testimony in the Qur'an]] Males testimony are worth twice a woman's testimony.
* [[Marriage with Prepubescent Girls]]

===Evidence of Equality===

* [[Aisha's Great Involvement]]

==Sexism in Muslim Culture==

* [[Sexism of the Veil]]

==External Links==

* [http://answeringislam.org/Women/index.html Women Issues] on Answering Islam

More Women in Hell than Men (JBJ)

2005-12-16T16:06:40Z

Anjrew: /* External Links */

According to hadith, Muhammad had a vision of hell where he observed "the majority of its dwellers were women." This is a grave accusation that women go to hell more than men, concluding that women are more prone to sin than men.

==Text==
This hadith is confirmed by many collections. Additional sources can be found on a [http://answeringislam.org/Women/in-hell.html related page on AnsweringIslam.org].

" . . . I also saw the Hell-fire and I had never seen such a horrible sight. I saw that most of the inhabitants were women." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Why is it so?" The Prophet replied, "Because of their ungratefulness." It was asked whether they are ungrateful to Allah. The Prophet said, "They are ungrateful to their companions of life (husbands) and ungrateful to good deeds. If you are benevolent to one of them throughout the life and if she sees anything (undesirable) in you, she will say, 'I have never had any good from you.'" [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/018.sbt.html#002.018.161 2.18.161]

===Sahih Bukhari===

* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/006.sbt.html#001.006.301 1.6.301]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/018.sbt.html#002.018.161 2.18.161]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/018.sbt.html#002.018.161 2.18.161]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/024.sbt.html#002.024.541 2.24.541]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/054.sbt.html#004.054.464 4.54.464]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/062.sbt.html#007.062.124 7.62.124]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/062.sbt.html#007.062.125 7.62.125]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/062.sbt.html#007.062.126 7.62.126]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/076.sbt.html#008.076.456 8.76.456]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/076.sbt.html#008.076.554 8.76.554]

===Sahih Muslim===

* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/001.smt.html#001.0142 1.142]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/036.smt.html#036.6596 36.6596]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/036.smt.html#036.6597 36.6597]

==Counter Arguments==

===Meaning of "Majority"===
It might be thought that "akthar," the word translated "majority" can mean any number over half, that Muhammad meant that 50.1% of hell was women, hardly sexist. This is impossible for many reasons.

* Sheiks understand this to mean the vast majority.
* Muhammad did not have numbers, only his vision. He could only observe the majority of hell were women if it was a substantial majority.
* To say that women were a small majority in hell makes the hadith meaningless.

===More Women Born than Men===
Some Muslims say that more women are born than men, thus statisticaly there should be more women in hell than men. Thus there are also more women in heaven than men.

Not only does simple observation show there are about the same number of women as men, no record of birth rates supports this. However, the lack of evidence has not stopped many well meaning Muslims from believing this false statistic.

==External Links==
* [http://answeringislam.org/Women/in-hell.html The Majority in Hell are Women] from [http://AnsweringIslam.org AnsweringIslam.org]
* [http://answeringislam.org/Women/birthrate.html Birth Rates] Information on the population of females versus males.

More Women in Hell than Men (JBJ)

2005-12-16T16:05:04Z

Anjrew:

According to hadith, Muhammad had a vision of hell where he observed "the majority of its dwellers were women." This is a grave accusation that women go to hell more than men, concluding that women are more prone to sin than men.

==Text==
This hadith is confirmed by many collections. Additional sources can be found on a [http://answeringislam.org/Women/in-hell.html related page on AnsweringIslam.org].

" . . . I also saw the Hell-fire and I had never seen such a horrible sight. I saw that most of the inhabitants were women." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Why is it so?" The Prophet replied, "Because of their ungratefulness." It was asked whether they are ungrateful to Allah. The Prophet said, "They are ungrateful to their companions of life (husbands) and ungrateful to good deeds. If you are benevolent to one of them throughout the life and if she sees anything (undesirable) in you, she will say, 'I have never had any good from you.'" [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/018.sbt.html#002.018.161 2.18.161]

===Sahih Bukhari===

* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/006.sbt.html#001.006.301 1.6.301]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/018.sbt.html#002.018.161 2.18.161]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/018.sbt.html#002.018.161 2.18.161]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/024.sbt.html#002.024.541 2.24.541]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/054.sbt.html#004.054.464 4.54.464]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/062.sbt.html#007.062.124 7.62.124]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/062.sbt.html#007.062.125 7.62.125]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/062.sbt.html#007.062.126 7.62.126]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/076.sbt.html#008.076.456 8.76.456]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/076.sbt.html#008.076.554 8.76.554]

===Sahih Muslim===

* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/001.smt.html#001.0142 1.142]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/036.smt.html#036.6596 36.6596]
* [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/036.smt.html#036.6597 36.6597]

==Counter Arguments==

===Meaning of "Majority"===
It might be thought that "akthar," the word translated "majority" can mean any number over half, that Muhammad meant that 50.1% of hell was women, hardly sexist. This is impossible for many reasons.

* Sheiks understand this to mean the vast majority.
* Muhammad did not have numbers, only his vision. He could only observe the majority of hell were women if it was a substantial majority.
* To say that women were a small majority in hell makes the hadith meaningless.

===More Women Born than Men===
Some Muslims say that more women are born than men, thus statisticaly there should be more women in hell than men. Thus there are also more women in heaven than men.

Not only does simple observation show there are about the same number of women as men, no record of birth rates supports this. However, the lack of evidence has not stopped many well meaning Muslims from believing this false statistic.

==External Links==
* [http://answeringislam.org/Women/in-hell.html The Majority in Hell are Women] from [http://AnsweringIslam.org]
* [http://answeringislam.org/Women/birthrate.html Birth Rates] Information on the population of females versus males.

User:Anjrew

2005-12-15T16:19:21Z

Anjrew:

Hi. I'm interested in Islam and the organization of WikiChristian.org.